We help importers and exporters book, track and deliver their shipments around the world - profitably, efficiently and accurately. Our platform empowers organisations in Australia and abroad to cut down on unnecessary admin, source instant pricing, automate the booking process, and view all their shipment info in a single location.
About Us
Leveraging technology and automation to deliver the future of shipping and logistics.
VISION
To create the world’s most user friendly, relevant and systemised global freight forwarding service.
MISSION
Connecting ideas, people, goods and opportunity.
Why we exist
How it all started
After 20+ years of working in the admin-intensive, manual-process driven freight forwarding industry, the founders of Freight Tasker decided there must be a better way. Seeing how rapidly other sectors were advancing using technology and automation, the team worked carefully with supply chain partners, IT engineers and data scientists to bring to life the Freight Tasker portal and supplier network, unlocking ten-fold efficiencies and profit-driving solutions for our clients. Within the first year the team size had doubled and Freight Tasker had opened its second office in New Zealand.
A fresh perspective - a.k.a. why logistics doesn’t have to be stuck in the Stone Age
As long-time sufferers of the inefficiencies of the global shipping industry, the team at Freight Tasker are well aware of the pain of manual processing currently shackling operators…. Days or even weeks waiting for quotes; a million emails of repeated (and still somehow overlooked) information; lack of visibility over shipments; unplanned costs; nigh impossible forecasting and reporting…
We saw other industries light years ahead and asked a simple question - why are freight forwarders relegated to being dinosaurs?
Making a difference (by being different)
End-to-end transparency
From the moment you book till the moment your shipment is delivered, you have ...
Driven by experience
This is software designed on the back of decades of combined industry experience, making ...
Technology designed for humans
With a strong focus on Customer Experience (CX), the Freight Tasker platform is designed ...
Meet the founders
Our Directors believe in the concept of shared value, where both trust and maintaining a long term mindset result in mutually beneficial business relationships. Long term success, through confident investment in areas that drive value into Freight Tasker’s service offering, can only be achieved by delivering excellence to our customers over time.
James Buck
Director & Co-FounderAn experienced industry executive, James brings broad senior leadership skills and ideas from the contract and express logistics sectors, as well as substantial global business development and strategy experience across integrated logistics, forwarding and related technology sectors to lead the company’s commercial functions.
Drew Bowler
Director & Co-FounderDrew’s expertise in global forwarding and integrated logistics has seen him hold senior positions in sales, operations and air freight product management, including perishables. His experience across global forwarding and transportation is paramount to leading the company's service delivery and operations teams.
Our Values
